profanityは「神聖を汚すこと、冒涜、下品なことば遣い」。
今日のGetUpEnglishはこの語を学習する。
○Practical Example
"I am occasionally startled by the casual profanity of young people today."
「現代の若者たちの何気ない不敬な言葉づかいに時折驚かされる」
●Extra Point
この記事から紹介する。
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/rumana-ahmed-trump/517521/
The climate in 2016 felt like it did just after 9/11. What made it worse was that this fear and hatred were being fueled by Americans in positions of power. Fifth-grade students at a local Sunday school where I volunteered shared stories of being bullied by classmates and teachers, feeling like they didn’t belong here anymore, and asked if they might get kicked out of this country if Trump won.のあとに、次の文がある。
◎Extra Example
I was almost hit by a car by a white man laughing as he drove by in a Costco parking lot, and on another occasion was followed out of the metro by a man screaming profanities: “Fuck you! Fuck Islam! Trump will send you back!”
「コストコ駐車場でわたしは笑いながら運転する白人男性の車に危うくひかれそうになったし、そのあと地下鉄を出たところで「くそったれ! くそったれのイスラム人め! トランプが勝ったら、国に送り返してやる」と下品なことを言われた。